Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus‘s story-led DLC up to now has been large – nicely, medium – on character however low on novelty, recycling chunks of the primary sport into vignettes starring new characters with borrowed Blazcowiz powers. I’ve checked out three out of 4 of ’em, and wound up sporting my ‘disappointed, but not bitterly so’ face, very similar to the one I sported when taken to the legendarily underwhelming Flintstones theme park on a US vacation within the early 90s. The ultimate chunk of the season move DLC lands at the moment, and, like earlier than, tells a brand new micro-tale from the broader Wolfenverse, this time with a pulpy struggle comics vibe.
The Freedom Chronicles Episode 3 – The Deeds of Captain Wilkins stars the titular US Army veteran and resistance fighter, and it says a lot concerning the nature of the current Wolfenstein video games {that a} World War II soldier now appears uncommon for ’em. He’s all about utilizing stolen tech to destroy a Nazi super-weapon, and his DLC appears somewhat like this, or at the very least it does as soon as Ian Marketing’s had his manner with it:
Even when handed by way of the prism of trailer bombast, it’s fairly clear to me that this’ll be in a lot the identical vein as the sooner DLC, which is to say a handful of ranges in recycled environments, bookended by comic-style cutscenes, and never linked to the opposite episodes by something apart from title title. In reality, early studies – together with full playthroughs on YouTube – counsel that is even shorter than the opposite tales, clocking in at concerning the hour level.
It’s laborious to shake the sensation that Wolf 2’s DLC was left somewhat bit unloved for some purpose, despite the fact that their writing and voice appearing isn’t a foul time. Let’s hope we get extra, and extra bold, Wolfenstein somewhat additional down the road.
The Deeds of Captain Wilkins is out now by way of Steam, accessible on its own for £7.99/$9.99, or as a part of the four-part season pass package for the currently-discounted fee of £10.99/$14.99. Clearly the later makes much more sense, although keep in mind that the primary of its 4 chapters is merely chosen highlights from the next three, so don’t issue it into your money-maths. The season move low cost ends on 19 Mar, at which level the worth’ll spike to £17.99.
